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VI. PROJECT ASSESSMENT  VI.1. LANDSCAPE & ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 1. Proportion of uses at regional scale (%)  Agricultural: 53  Forestry: 44.5  Urban & Unproductive: 2.5  Others     Name of the reference region/province/county:    2. Which ecosystems/habitats once occurred and now occur in the project area?   Before the project Present % of project area Main species % of project area Main species Mixed Mediterranean evergreen woodland forest           Mediterranean shrublands (macchia, matorral, garrigue, phrygana,...)     Quercus coccifera, Pinus halepensis, Rhamnus lycioides    Quercus coccifera, Pistacia lentiscus, Rhamnus lycioides  Evergreen oak woodland           Deciduous forest           Pine forest     Pinus halepensis, Brachypodium retusum    Pinus halepensis, Brachypodium retusum  Other conifer forest           Savannah-type ecosystem (e.g., dehesa)           Steppes           Permanent grassland, prairie     Stipa tenacissima    Stipa tenacissima  Annual grassland           Riparian ecosystem     Tamarix canariensis, Nerium olenader, Juncus sp. pl., Scirpus sp. pl.    Tamarix canariensis, Nerium olenader, Juncus sp. pl., Scirpus sp. pl.  Orchards, tree crops, etc.     olive trees, almond trees,    olive trees, almond trees, vineyard and fruit trees  Annual winter crops     cereals    cereals  Annual summer crops           Bare land (fallows)     weeds and annual grasses    weeds and annual grasses  Please indicate the reference date (e.g., at the Vtime of project implementation; 25, 50, etc. years before project implementation; etc.): 20 years before project implementation  3. In the project area, are there any abandoned agricultural terraces? Yes a) Date of abandonment of most of them -year(s) or decade(s): 1950s-1970s  b) Are they narrow (limiting agricultural mechanisation)? Yes c) What is their current degree of conservation? - Good Medium - Poor d) Have they been repaired within the framework of the project? No 4. Are there protected areas in the project area: Yes a) Describe relevant legislation (if any) related to species or habitat protection (add reference dates): Site of Community Importance "Sierras y Vega Alta del Segura y río Benamor" (Directive 92/43/CEE) and Special proteccion area "Sierras y Vega Alta del Segura y río Benamor"(Directive 79/409/CEE)  b) Natura 2000 and other protected habitats: Habitats 1410, 1430, 1510, 1520, 5334, 5335, 6220, 8211, 92D0 (code according to Directive 97/62/CEE  c) Are there protected ecological corridors ? Yes Date:   d) Is there a protected area network ? Yes Date:   5. Landscape pattern: (Please, provide maps if possible and indicate it in section I.2.3.)  Yes No Partly Description a) Is the project area connected to other similar ecosystem/habitat(s) in the surrounding area? - - Cárcavo catchment is sorrounded by another catchments with similarities in geological and geomorphological aspects  b) Are project habitats fragmented into a number of patches? - - patches are common in habitat distribution as a result of geological changes and agricultural activities in the whole area.  c) Habitat patches within the project area are close enough to allow free interchange of species? - - patches of land use and natural habitats have got small size (<1 ha in many cases)  d) Is there a natural gradation between habitats within the project area? - -   e) Are project edges natural? - -   6. Are there negative visual impacts? a) Resulting from project implementation (e.g., terracing or subsoiling impacts): Yes Description: terracing visual impacts are obvious in steep slopes  b) Resulting from project maintenance works No Description:   c) Resulting from exploitation works No Description:   d) Resulting from other works No Description: A big dam was built in the mouth of Carcavo Catchment in 1980's  7. Flooding assessment at landscape/catchment scale   Before the project Since project implementation Reference period:   Reference period:   a) Flood frequency - Nil - Nil - Once every 1-10 years  - Once every 1-10 years  - Once every 10-20 years - Once every 10-20 years - Once every 20-50 years - Once every 20-50 years - Once every > 50 years - Once every > 50 years b) Date of last recorded flood event (year(s))      c) Comments on damages from last recorded flood event      8. Erosion assessment at landscape/catchment scale   Before the project Since project implementation Reference period:   Reference period:   a) Erosion/sedimentation rate (Mg ha-1 year-1)      b) Method of assessment (USLE estimation, lake/reservoir/dam sedimentation, measurements at plot/catchment scale, etc.)

REACTION: This research is supported by the "Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development" programme, under contract EVK2-2002-80025